In vivo histology of the myelin g-ratio with magnetic resonance imaging

NeuroImage

Volumn 118, Issue , 2015, Pages 397-405

  Stikov, Nikola ^a,d   Campbell, Jennifer S W ^a   Stroh, Thomas ^a   Lavelée, Mariette ^a   Frey, Stephen ^a   Novek, Jennifer ^a   Nuara, Stephen ^a   Ho, Ming Kai ^a   Bedell, Barry J ^a   Dougherty, Robert F ^b   Leppert, Ilana R ^a   Boudreau, Mathieu ^a   Narayanan, Sridar ^a   Duval, Tanguy ^d   Cohen Adad, Julien ^d   Picard, Paul Alexandre ^e   Gasecka, Alicja ^f   Côté, Daniel ^f   Pike, G Bruce ^a,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e Ecl Sup d'Ing en Genie Elec   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Histology; Magnetization transfer; Myelin g ratio; Quantitative MRI; White matter microstructure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELIN G RATIO; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER; ANIMAL; AXON; BRAIN; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; MAGNETISM; MALE; MOUSE MUTANT; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; AXONS; BRAIN; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MAGNETIC PHENOMENA; MALE; MICE, NEUROLOGIC MUTANTS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELIN SHEATH;

EID: 84969667861     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2015.05.023     Document Type: Article

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